Fantasy Epic The Wheel of Time is officially heading to the small screen

After last year’s fight over the TV rights to Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time and that god awful pilot starring Billy Zane, Robert Jordan’s widow Harriet McDougal has said that the legal situation is sorted and a new adaptation is on its way. Check out the press statement that was released on 28th of April about the live action adaptation for The Wheel of Time.

The following is a press statement that has been approved by the studio involved in contract negotiations:

Update: Wanted to share with you exciting news about The Wheel of Time. Legal issues have been resolved. The Wheel of Time will become a cutting edge TV series! I couldn’t be more pleased. Look for the official announcement coming soon from a major studio —Harriet

This is incredible news especially for this journalist, a fan of the source material. It’s always felt like The Wheel of Time would never see a live action interpretation because of the length and scope of the book series. After all The Wheel of Time is set across three years and those years are split among fifteen books, fourteen main books and one spin-off/prequel. This does however make a lot of sense since Game of Thronesis supposedly winding down in the next two season and audiences may be looking for something in a similar vein.

Now comes the incredibly difficult part. The casting for our heroes, Rand Al’Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Moiraine, Egwene and the casting for the antagonists of the series, the Forsaken, Ishmael, Lanfear etc. This is an epic undertaking and I don’t envy the casting director for this series.

Until we see more concrete news abut casting, setting etc the best mantra right now is, “The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, and we are only the thread of the Pattern.”

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